Originally posted by maartenpetra:All I can say; All Along The Watchtower his best song. The great master on guitar. That cover from U2 is excellent too.
It says a lot when the writer of the song you're covering hears your cover and from that moment on goes on to perform the song in your style instead of his original And it says even more if that musician is Bob Dylan!
Dylan has described his reaction to hearing Hendrix's version: "It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day. I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way... Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way.""
And it says even more if that musician is Bob Dylan!